Watchmen: HBO President Optimistic About Series

Welcome to Tom-Mison.com. Tom is currently in production with two projects. He is shooting HBO's Watchmen, from executive producer Damon Lindelof, as well as Mindy Kaling's Four Weddings and a Funeral for Hulu. Both are slated to air in 2019. Prior to that, Tom played the iconic character Ichabod Crane on the hit TV series Sleepy Hollow, and is well known for his roles in Lost in Austen, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and Parade's End.

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The 2018 Summer TCA Press Tour began on Wednesday with HBO's presentation. According to Deadline, the network's president Casey Bloys said “I have very, very high hopes" about the Watchmen pilot. He went on to say “They did a great job. [Damon Lindelof] wrote a phenomenal script, and Nikki Kassell did an amazing job shooting the show. I think we see it in a few weeks.” He added that the prospects are looking good and if the pilot is ordered to series, they would want to move ahead with production as soon as possible.

HBO was acquired by AT&T with a mandate to compete with Netflix, so all eyes are on how the network is going to proceed. Brandon Katz noted in The Observer that they need some new high-quality, splashy projects, and that Watchmen "is the perfect big bet to launch HBO forward into the blockbuster content battle."

Prospects seem good, but the waiting continues until the end of summer, when the final decision will be made whether the series is picked up or not.